The ambush battle in the gorge was not the same as the Eagle Strike Army's capture of the Sanbakou camp, and the soldiers of the Jiaozhou Army still fled dozens of people, and these defeated soldiers fled back to Guangxin County, and told the main general Guan Yu the news of the Han army's ambush reinforcements.

In the big tent, Guan Yu was very worried, he only knew that there were at least tens of thousands of Han troops coming by land, but whether this was just a vanguard, whether there was a main force of the Han army behind him, there was no way to know, once the Han army went south by land had 20,000 or 30,000 people, with his current strength, I am afraid that he would not be able to hold Guangxin County.

Guan Yu sent two armies to intercept the Han army by land and water, so that the defenders in the city were less than 5,000 people, and it was almost impossible to hold Guangxin County, which was not very strong, with these 5,000 people, and it was almost impossible for Guan Yu to defend Guangxin County, which made Guan Yu even more worried that once Guangxin County was lost, not only Cangwu County could not be saved, but his son Guan Ping was also difficult to withdraw.

After repeated weighing, Guan Yu finally made a decision, first to keep Guangxin County, and then consider other issues, on the one hand, he sent people to Panyu to report to his eldest brother Liu Bei about the disadvantages of Guangxin County, on the other hand, he sent people to inform Guan Ping and all the Lishui defenders to withdraw to Guangxin County.

It should be said that this was Huang Zhong's plan to encircle Wei and save Zhao, so that Wang Ping and Liu Zheng put pressure on Guangxin County by land, and the false army was 10,000, so that Guan Yu could not figure out the details, and he had to be forced to withdraw to the army that hindered the southward movement of the Han army on the Lishui.

However, the real main force of the Han army was to go south from the waterway, and learned that the Jiaozhou army had withdrawn from Lirenbao, and three days later, hundreds of 500-stone warships loaded with 20,000 troops and various supplies arrived at Lirenbao.

Liren Fort was originally called Lirendu, located in the northwest of Guangxin County two hundred miles, was originally the ferry port of the people on both sides of the Lishui River, it is a boulder that broke into the river, so that the Lishui River in this area is less than ten zhang wide, it is convenient to cross the river, at the same time it has a very important military value, as long as the Liren Ferry is guarded, it can cut off the boats that come and go from south to north on the Lishui River.

Three years ago, the Jiaozhou army built a military fort on the boulder, called Liren Fort, over time, everyone called it Liren Fort, and 200 soldiers were stationed in the fort to check the scouts sent by the Han army on the Lishui River, or the salt merchants who evaded taxes.

Although the terrain of Liren Fort is dangerous, it can condescendingly attack the ships in the river, but it is almost impossible to make it resist the attack of the main force of the Han army, so after Guan Yu withdrew Guan Ping's army, he also knew that the defenders of Liren Fort were meaningless, so he simply withdrew the two hundred people in the fort, leaving only ten soldiers in the fort to light the beacon fire.

As early as 800 Han warships are still dozens of miles away from the fort, the beacon in the north has been lit, warning the brigade of the Han army to attack, and the fort immediately ignited the beacon fire, ten soldiers abandoned the fort and fled, not only the fort of Liren, but also the ten beacons along the Lishui have also been ignited, and the news of the main force of the Han army to kill has spread to Guangxin County.

But the Han army did not kill Guangxin County, but stopped advancing at Liren Fort, 20,000 Han soldiers under the leadership of the general Jiang Qin, began to build a military city next to Liren Fort, trees were cut down, large rocks were mined, just a few days, a military city with a circumference of ten miles was laid.

Of course, the Han army will never only build this military city, about 100 miles away from Guangxin County, there are craftsmen and soldiers looking for the construction site of another military city, it is obvious that the Han army is repeating the old plan of Qishan Road, building a military city along Lishui, so that the Han army can firmly control Lishui, and lay a solid foundation for the Han army to seize Cangwu County.

The Han army began to build a military city on a large scale in Lishui, which caused Liu Bei to panic, and if Cangwu County was lost, the Han army would quickly kill Panyu City.

In the palace of the king of Yue, Liu Bei sat alone in the room, thinking about the Han army's imminent attack on Jiaozhou.

He also had an intelligence agency in Chang'an, and although the news came relatively late, often a month or two after the incident, he could not get the news until a month or two after the incident, but some of the information still made him think about it.

Liu Bei is most concerned about the news of Liu Jing's stay in Weiyang Palace, which happened last autumn, a few months ago, but Liu Bei still attaches great importance to this news, and he can experience some subtle psychological changes in Liu Jing, which shows that Liu Jing's desire to ascend the throne as emperor has become stronger and stronger.

At the same time, it also shows that Liu Jing can't wait, so he launched an offensive against Jiaozhou at the beginning of spring, which just reflects Liu Jing's urgency.

The Han army's plan to go south is obvious, building a military city, storing grain and military materials, and establishing a logistics center in Cangwu County, this means and the Han army to seize Longxi as a withdrawal, Liu Bei also had to admit that this is a steady and effective method, which has a far-reaching impact on the Han army's attack on Jiaozhou.

He must not let the Han army build a military city so calmly, and finally encroach on Cangwu County step by step, but the army of Cangwu County is obviously insufficient, Guan Yu only has 8,000 people in his hands, and the Han army is likely to increase to 30,000 people, which means that he must increase his troops to Cangwu County.

The question is how to increase the troops? He only has a total of 30,000 troops in his hands, Zhang Fei's 10,000 troops in Luling County want to defend the Han army in Yuzhang County, and he can't act rashly, but only the 10,000 defenders of Panyu City can be transferred away, and Panyu City will become an empty city, and the dilemma is really difficult for Liu Bei to decide.

At this time, a guard reported at the door: "Lord Qiqi, the military advisor is here." ”

"Invite him in!"

Liu Bei was overjoyed in his heart, Zhuge Liang finally came back, and he came back very timely, after a while, Zhuge Liang walked into Liu Bei's study, knelt down and bowed, "Minister Zhuge Liang see the lord!" ”

Zhuge Liang was ordered by Liu Bei to go to Jiaozhi to appease the barbarians and the Zhan people, and give them greater benefits to prevent them from forming an alliance with the Han army, but now it seems that the previous talks between Sima Yi and the Zhan and the barbarians were indeed a false shot, the purpose was to destroy the alliance between Jiaozhou and Cao Wei, which made Liu Bei a little ashamed, Zhuge Liang saw through this, but he fell for Liu Jing's plan and treated Zhong Xuan coldly, and finally made the alliance between Cao Wei and Jiaozhou end without a problem.

Liu Bei waved his hand, "Strategist, please take a seat!" ”

Zhuge Liang sat up straight and said: "Weichen and the chiefs of the Zhan and Barbarian tribes have all held talks, and they have made it clear that they will maintain a neutral attitude between the Han army and the Jiaozhou army. ”

Liu Bei smiled bitterly and said: "It doesn't matter what their attitude is, can the military advisor hear the news that the Han army has gone south?" ”

"The minister has heard about it, so he rushed back to Panyu in a hurry, I don't know what the situation is now?"

"The Han army is divided into two routes, one way to land, about 10,000 Han troops, has entered Cangwu County, currently stationed in Longkou Town, thirty miles north of Guangxin County, the other way by water, according to the information sent by Yun Chang, there are nearly 1,000 warships, 20,000 to 30,000 Han troops, is currently building a military city from Lirenbao and Mishui River Estuary, the Han army is not in a hurry to attack Guangxin County."

Zhuge Liang pondered for a moment and then asked, "What news is there from General Zhang?" ”

"Yide's side is a little better, but there is also pressure, Yide wrote that the Han army scouts had several fierce battles with our patrol team in Luling County, and there were casualties on both sides."

"What about General Guan?" Zhuge Liang asked again, "What does he want?" ”

Liu Bei sighed and said: "What else can he ask for, that is, he hopes that we will immediately increase our troops, he wants to send troops to destroy the Han army's fortification, it is useless to send less troops, but the army is too much, Guangxin County is empty, and he is in a dilemma to be attacked by the Han army by land." ”

"Is the lord ready to send troops?" Zhuge Liang still asked calmly.

Liu Bei shook his head, "I just don't know what to do?" If you send troops to reinforce Cangwu County, Panyu City will be empty again, so I want to discuss with the military advisor if I can send a militia to rescue Cangwu County. ”

The militia is a kind of emergency measure implemented by Zhuge Liang in Jiaozhou, mainly because of the fiasco of the Northern Expedition that year, the Jiaozhou army was almost lost, and the people panicked, everyone was unwilling to join the army, in desperation, Zhuge Liang implemented the Tunpu militia system, the original scattered people gathered to live, and then established a militia among the people, farming when the farm was busy, practicing when the farm was slack, and promised preferential tax reductions, so that the people did not have the fear of joining the army, and could also enjoy tax incentives, and the Tunpu militia system was established.

However, the fundamental purpose of implementing the Tunpu militia system was to obtain a source of soldiers, and Zhuge Liang also let the militia participate in the training of leaving the hometown, and constantly transformed some trained militia regiments into troops, so that the army in Jiaozhou was restored little by little, and finally recovered to 30,000 people before the Northern Expedition.

This is actually a strategy, gently restoring the army, the people's experience is not deep, and the resistance is not fierce, as for the remaining hundreds of thousands of militias, Zhuge Liang did not consider turning them into regular soldiers, just as a temporary supplement when the source of soldiers is insufficient.

Now that Liu Bei mentioned using the militia regiment to support Cangwu County, Zhuge Liang couldn't help but smile bitterly and said: "Has the lord considered the actual combat effectiveness of these militia regiments, I can tell the lord that their combat effectiveness is very low, and at most they can only be used as an auxiliary to the formal army when defending the city, if they are allowed to go into battle to fight, they will drag down the army instead, and they will be the first to rout, and the strict zhòng will affect the morale and stability of the army, and we already have no armor equipment." ”

Zhuge Liang finally said another fatal problem, they had no armor equipment, when the northern expedition, almost all the armor of the Jiaozhou army was lost in Jingzhou and Yuzhang County, and the armor in the treasury could only be equipped with a few thousand people.

For this reason, Jiaozhou Tongguò traded with Jiangdong and obtained a large amount of pig iron, which was used to build armor and weapons, and reluctantly rearmed 30,000 troops, and Liu Jing strictly forbade the flow of pig iron into Jiaozhou after conquering Jiangdong, making Jiaozhou unable to build armor anymore, and directly cut off Jiaozhou's military equipment.

This is an extremely vicious move, Liu Bei was very anxious about this, and repeatedly hoped that the Han State would relax the pig iron trade, but the Han State did not relax, but became more severe, Liu Jing issued an order to smuggle pig iron to Jiaozhou without authorization, and cut it everywhere.

Liu Bei also knew that the problem was strict, there was no armor, and it was useless to have a militia regiment, so he couldn't let the militia soldiers wear cloth clothes and take the wooden knives and spears used for training to fight! Liu Bei sighed low and asked, "In the treasury, there won't be no armor at all, right?" ”

"It's not that there is nothing, Weichen went to Jiaozhi to check, there are more than 1,400 pieces, even if the establishment of the armor is separated, the establishment of the sword and shield army and the spear army, in the end can only equip 3,000 people, half of whom do not have armor."

Liu Bei paced back and forth with his hands in his hands, he pondered for a long time, and then turned back to Zhuge Liang and said: "Then first turn the 3,000 militia regiment into a formal army, and then transfer 5,000 people from the Panyu garrison, so that there are 8,000 troops to support Cangwu County, and the 5,000 troops in Panyu City are not enough, so transfer 30,000 militia regiments to assist in defending the city, what does the military advisor say?" ”

Liu Bei was quite satisfied with his compromise strategy, and it could be said that he had made full use of the power of the militia group, but Zhuge Liang slowly shook his head, "I advise the lord not to reinforce Cangwu County, it is best to withdraw the army of Luling County and defend Panyu City with all his might." ”

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